# 2026-16371: NIST Asks: Can AI Save Our National Vulnerability Database?

2026-16371, Request for Information (RFI) on Modernizing the National Vulnerability Database in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Institute of Standards and Technology published 2026-08-12, effective Comments in response to this notice must be received on or before October 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Submissions received after that date may not be considered. (as of 2026-08-19).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16371
- Title: Request for Information (RFI) on Modernizing the National Vulnerability Database in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Citation: 91 FR 52042
- Published: 2026-08-12
- Effective: Comments in response to this notice must be received on or before October 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Submissions received after that date may not be considered.
- Comments close: 2026-10-13
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-19

## In one line

NIST Asks: Can AI Save Our National Vulnerability Database?

## Summary

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established and operates the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), which provides the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data. NIST seeks stakeholder input on opportunities, challenges, and priorities for modernizing the NVD in an evolving cybersecurity landscape increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-consumable security data. NIST's goal is to improve the NVD's scalability, automation, interoperability, transparency, and utility.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2026-16371 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16371/request-for-information-rfi-on-modernizing-the-national-vulnerability-database-in-the-age-of)
- [2026-16371 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-12/pdf/2026-16371.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16371 (as of 2026-08-19).